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balloon brachytherapy

Known as: MammoSite, balloon catheter radiation 
A system used to deliver internal radiation therapy to breast cancer patients after surgery to remove their cancer. MammoSite targets only the part… 
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2018
2018
Abstract P2-11-12: Prospective comparison of late toxicity and cosmetic outcome after accelerated partial breast irradiation with conformal external beam radiotherapy or single-entry multi-lumen…
Purpose/Objective(s): To prospectively compare late toxicity after accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) with 3D… 
2014
2014
Berechnungen der „equivalent uniform dose“ zur akzelerierten Teilbrustbestrahlung mit dem MammoSite-Applikator
2012
2012
Sounding a warning bell? Documentation of the increased utilization of accelerated partial breast irradiation.
Whole-breast irradiation (WBI) has become the standard of care following breast-conserving surgery in patients with early-stage… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
OT2-06-02: A Randomized Phase III Study of Conventional Whole Breast Irradiation (WBI) vs Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI) for Women with Stage 0, 1, or 2 Breast Cancer: NSABP B-39/RTOG 0413.
Background Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) with WBI is an accepted option in the treatment of most patients with stage 1 or 2… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Status of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
Breast-conserving therapy is accepted as a standard of care option for patients with early-stage breast cancer. However, studies… 
2010
2010
Investigation of source position uncertainties & balloon deformation in MammoSite brachytherapy on treatment effectiveness
The MammoSite® breast high dose rate brachytherapy is used in treatment of early-stage breast cancer. The tumour bed volume is… 
2010
2010
Therapeutic nuclear medicine expands to breast cancer
After breast-conserving surgery the standard treatment, forthe majority of patients with early breast cancer, is adjuvantwhole… 
2009
2009
Challenges in Personalizing Decisions on Whole, Partial or No Breast Irradiation and Extent of Surgery for Early Breast Cancer
Review
2009
Review
2009
An Overview of European Clinical Trials of APBI
In the last two decades, there has been increasing interest in Europe in treating selected patients with early-stage breast… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Advances in brachytherapy: new approaches to target breast cancer.
Advances in breast brachytherapy techniques have led to the development of new approaches for treatment of patients with early… 
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